Blended Learning for University Enhancement

Approaches to teaching writing

Title:
Approaches to teaching writing
Goals & purposes:
To assist students in understanding different approaches to teaching writing.
Summary:
Students learn with the package online in Moodle. At the first stage, they enter a three-dimensional (3D) virtual classroom where they can click and obtain a 360-degree view of the classroom. This aims to provide students with immersive learning experience. Students learn through a 360-degree virtual tour in the 3D virtual classroom with 20 student avatars. As the tour goes on, the student avatars ask questions about different approaches to teaching writing, and the virtual teacher (my avatar) guides them to watch instructional videos which explain features of diverse teaching approaches and compare them explicitly. After watching a video, students are guided by the virtual teacher to complete a formative assessment. The system provides students with immediate feedback when they submit answers to the questions. This is the second stage of the learning tour, which aims to conduct in-process evaluation of student comprehension of the instructional video. At the third stage, the virtual teacher guides students to discussion forums where they share their understanding of the video content and discuss the target knowledge with other classmates. The e-learning package includes three videos, associated formative assessments and discussion forums, so the learning tour repeats the second and third stages three times. Subsequently, the virtual teacher guides students to work in groups and reflect on what they have learned in this tour. At this fourth stage, students record their video reflections and share them in Flipgrid, an online platform for video creation and sharing in learning communities. They also watch the videos created by other groups, conduct peer assessment, and provide constructive feedback.
Keywords:
Approaches to teaching writing
Date released:
April 2021
Main creator:
Formats:
  • E-Learning package
  • Others

    SCORM package

Target population:
  • University students (postgraduate)
  • University students (undergraduate)
Related EdUHK courses:
  • ENG6412 - Teaching Academic Writing Practicum
Mode of learning:
  • Self-paced
Learning platform:
  • Online
Language:
  • English
Copyright & usage restrictions:
No
Permanent URL:
https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/blue/resources/46